8 Jesus rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, and they begged him for her. 39 He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her. Immediately she rose up and served them. 40 When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. 41 Demons also came out of many, crying out, and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!” Rebuking them, he didn’t allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

42 When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place, and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he wouldn’t go away from them. 43 But he said to them, “I must preach the good news of God’s Kingdom to the other cities also. For this reason I have been sent.” 44 He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.

Luke 4:38-44 - World English Bible

Luke 4 continued the pattern of Jesus' ministry; he traveled to the people, preached in their synagogues and healed the sick. In this passage, he “rebuked” the fever of Simon Peter's mother-in-law (4:39) and the demons who possessed the ill (4:41). Notice in his response to sickness and demon possession, he treated both the same; both were evil spirits, one debilitated, the other could reveal his true identity as the Messiah. Luke portrayed him as the One in control, restoring health and wholeness to the afflicted. In the case of Simon's mother-in-law, she assumed her role and served them; others received their loved ones back well. His control also extended to his identity; Jesus would define and direct his role as the Christ, even to the cross. He came to spread the Good News of the Kingdom.

As a follower of Jesus, how have you brought healing and wholeness to those around you?